Eastern Sun, 19 May 1970

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY vv Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1347 Tuesday. 19 May 1970. MC (P 1616 Price 15 cent*
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  • 553 1 pHNOM PENH, Mon. (UPI, Reuter) Communist forces attacking in strength today again brought the war close to the Cambodian capital. Military spokesmen said fierce fighting was going on at Tramkhnar, 30 mil«t south of Phnom Penh on the coast road They said it
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  • 69 1 TUNIS. Mon. ißeuter) Ahmed Ben Salah, once considered the probable successor to President Hablb Bourgulba. will appear before thf High Court charged with high treason. Ben Salah. who was for nine years In charge of the Tunisian economy, is accused of plottln B to gain power,
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  • 50 1 TOKYO. Mon (UPI) Cambodian special envoy Sim Var said today he welcomes U.S. and South Vietnamese troops while the Vletcong are in Cambodia. "Of course we hope that the American and South Vietnamese forces will withdraw as soon as they cleanup the Communist sanctuaries." Sim Var said.
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  • 188 1 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) Communist troops ignored the 15th allied ceasefire of the South Vietnam war today and attacked a government position in the nor* thern provinces. The assault against a tk'Uth Vietnamese company 24 miles south of Hue started an hour after the allies started a
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  • 167 1 Construction worker Peh Lian Choon wails as He cradles the bodv of his voungest son, Chee Seong, 10. who. with his brother Chee Soon. 13. drowned in a mining pool at Jalan Temeloh. less than half a mile from the Kuala Lumpur General
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  • 265 1 JAKARTA, Mon. (Reuter) South Vietnamese troops have been raiding the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos for years, and recently stepped up their attacks, South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam scid today. Lam told Reuter that Saigon had no forces operating permanently In
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  • 24 1 Today the Eastern Sun will observe Vesak Day as a Holiday there will be no newspaper tomorrow. We resume publication on Thursday morning.
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  • 241 1 LONDON, Mon (Router) Nine Kenya Asians who have been shuttled thousands of miles from one country to another waited in jail today to hear if they will be allowed to enter Britain They arrived at Heathrow last night for
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  • 98 1 VATICAN CITY. Mon. (UPI) Pope Paul VI today deplored the "growing involvement" of the United States and Soviet Union in Indochina and the Middle East and said their action was increasing world tensions. Speaking to a Vatican consistory of Cardinals, the Pope also said that
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  • 229 1 LONDON, Mon (Router) Prime Minister Harold Wilson tonight called a general election for June 18. Wilson's announcement confirmed predictions that he would cash In on surprise swings In labour's favour bv public opinion polls. Although ne had the option of staying a further year In
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 483 2 ffi'o/s Court Trial A prisoner, Richard Lai Choon Sang, told the High Court yesterday that he and his friend demanded for $lOO,OOO ransom money, two days after a businessman's son, Ong Beang Leek, had been killed. Lai, now serving four and a half
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  • 62 2 An Indonesian Seaman, Jopi. 24, was yesterday fined $5,000. for having in his possession 300 pounds of dutiable tobacco. He also pleaded guilty to another charge ex having 70 pounds of Indian Hemp valued at $3,150, and was fined $3,000. Jopi admitted having the hemp and
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  • 146 2 Admiral Sir Peter HillNorton, Commander of the Far East paid a 30minute visit on Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to bid him "farewell." yesterday. Sir Pete r Hill-Norton will be succeded by Air Chief Marshall Sir Brian Burnett who arrives here on May 29.
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  • 441 2  -  By K. S- Sidhu Heliborne assault techniques perfected in Vietnam—were demonstrated yesterday by Bersatu Padu forces at the Jungly Warfare School in Kota Tinggi. Waves of jungle fighters dropped nimbly from choppers, flatten themselves on the plain behind whatever cover available and then move
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  • 133 2 A Red Cross Outpatient Clinic will be officially opened on May 30 at the Delta Community Centre. Dr. Foo Choong Khean, Chairman of the Red Cross Management Committee said yesterday. Dr. Foo observed that the Outram Road General Hospital Outpatient Clinic, suffers from a
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  • 142 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon —The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari said today he hoped that the United States would in future consult producing I IWll il I when ever contemplating to release stockpile material well in advance of the leakaee of such contemplation
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  • 18 2 THERE were a total of 66 accidents, eight of which were described as serious, on Sunday.
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  • 155 2 A mother, who became "suspicious" on seeing her son "in deep sleep", discovered that he had actually taken an overdose of pills. Madam Koh Ah Chiang, 46, was testifying at an Inquiry yesterday In the Coroners Court Into the death of her eldest son,
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  • 78 2 AN architect. On* Eng Hung, reported to the police of the theft of nearly $lO,OOO in cash and goods from his house at Bin Tong Park, Sunday night. Mr. Ong left for a dinner party at 8 p.m. and .-eturned home at midnight to find his room ransacked.
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  • 86 2 Thieves broke Into the remises of the Odeon heatre and took away cigarettes and shirts and other goods on Sunday morning. A watchman «aid that he had secured all the doors after the midnight show and at about 7.30 a.m. another watchman found that the place was
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  • 416 2 'LIKE SCHOOLBOY AND RAMBUTAN A Malaysia-Singapore Airlines flight engineer and his fiancee were yesterday fined $l5O each for stealing nine plants worth $66 belonging to the Public Works Department. Gursevak Singh o Bishen Singh, 28, and hi* financee. Jagdir Kaur d o
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  • 56 2 A kerosene pressure cooker accidentally exploded and killed a lighterman when he was trying to boll water with It In a lighter's cooking compartment, a Coroner was told yesterday. The incident occurred on April 7 when Perlasamy s/o Theyagarajan. aged 45. was preparing tea In a
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  • 213 2 When Cpl. Gordon Amey reported for work at RAF Changi's Transport Squadron one morning, it looked as if it was the start of another routine day. But little did he know that h e was in for a surprise for before h# could settle down
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  • 221 3 BANGKOK, Mon, (Reu- Police Chief General Prasert Ruchira*ongse disclosed that his department has adopted" about 200 girls. rhey have been lured to Bangkok by gangs of procurers for prostitution. He was speaking to reporters during a tour in the northern town of Chiengmai.
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  • 40 3 HOLLYWOOD. Mon (UPI) Elizabeth Taylor nas entered Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for what was described only as "minor gynecologic surgery.' Her physician. Dr. Rex Kennamer, announced the actress would remain in the hospital fo r about three days.
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  • 273 3 BOMBAY, Mon. (UPI) Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi yesterday visited the riot-scarred areas north of Bombay. She heard weeping women tell stories of violence committed by fighting Hindu and Muslim fanatics. Mrs. Ghandl assailed "certain elements" for disrupting: the "normal rhythm of country
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  • 51 3 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) —Seven thieves carried out what appeared to be a carefully planned robbery of a post office building on Wednesday, police said. The only hitch was they escaped with a dozen mailbags of worthless inter-office memos. Authorities believed the thieves meant to strike at another
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  • 266 3 JAKARTA, Mon. (UPI) There is an African proverb to the effect that "when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers." This weekend in Asia, the grass organized to whisper a protest into the elephants' ears. Eleven Asian and Pacific countries Indonesia, Malaysia. Singapore.
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  • 60 3 YORK England. Mon fUPI) Officials at the Flamingo Park Zoo have moved Hannibal, the Zoo's prize Indian elephant, to a new house It will separate him more from visitors Hannible lately had been Crabbing women's handbags and eating them. It spits out coins. comparts and lipsticks. However
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  • 60 3 SOUTHEND. England Mon. (UPI) limanuel Soflanos disclosed lis firm is applying to Buckingham Palace to be appointed Official Toffee Apple-Maker to the Royal Family Sofianos said on Wednesday he decided on the application after his London salesman told him Prince Philip took four of the ap--pies
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  • 136 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. (UPI) The government today introduced a bill cancelling the annual pensions of 500 former princely rulers whose territory was absorbed into independent India 23 years ago. The bill is expected to meei stiff opposition from conservative elements and from the former
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  • 50 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. <Reuter) —The Congress Party in Orissa state broke away from the ruling Congress Partv of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi yesterday Under its powerful leader. millionaire businessman Biju Patnaik. the Orissa branch of the Congress Party had been increasingly in dispute with Indira and central leaders
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  • 199 3 Garland 's Slippers Fetches Top Price LOS ANGELES, Mon. (UPI) Bidding on the ruby-red sfippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Os" started at 553,000 yesterday. Less than a minute later, they were purchased for 5545.000 in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer auction. Dick Wonder, an attorney. disclosed he represented an
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  • 417 3 KEY BISCAYNE, Florida, Mon. (Reuter) President Nixon yesterday prepared to lead an all-out fight this week to defeat a senate move to curb his powers and action in Cambodia. Nonetheless, Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield is confident that there are sufficient
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  • 257 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. The U.S. incursion into Cambodia has provoked what may turn out to be the heaviest outpouring of mail, telegrams and petitions ever received by Congress. Congress mail on Cambodia already surpasses the volume triggered by the Supreme Court nomination of Haynsworth and Carswell. It
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  • 187 3 TAIPEI. Mon. (UPI) Representatives of the International Pres 5 Institute will be allowed to visit Quintin and Rizal Yuyitung in detention on Thursday. a goverment source said tonight. IPI Is currently holding a convention in Hong Kong. More than 200 of Its delegates will visit
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  • 39 3 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. (Reuter) magistrate here today banned a olanned march through the city's streets to protest against the detention of 22 Africans. Witwatersrand University students proposed to demonstrate for the Africans, held under the country'* Terrorism Act.
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  • 54 3 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) The Philippine press is frequently bitter in condemning what it considers 'unfavourable' and *sensational reports' in foreign publications about this country. Manila Times' columnist Teodoro Valencia today explained the trouble was: "We love to tell foreigners how rotten our country is. "Then when they believe
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 90 3 TODAY an Tuesday, May 19, 1970. STAR GAZEK^ By CLAY R. POLLAN U>KA H Your Daily Activity Guid• M mr. 23 tin According to th* Sfon. oc J. To develop messoge for Tuesdoy, 7-2064/ reod words corresponding to numbers V, of your Zodioc birth sign. J Soft-iell 3' Organizing 6!
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  • 635 4 TEL AVIV, Mon. (Reuter) Israeli jets stood ready today to follow up a concentrated blitx aimed at preventing Egypt from setting up a new missile network along the Suex Canal. Military observers here disclosed the Egyptians over the past
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  • 165 4 BELFAST, North Iraland, Mon. (UPI) British troops fought untN dawn today with a group of 50 youtns. Vandals meanwhile bombed a bank in different sections of Belfast, military authorities announced Six soldlerg were injured In the fray but no casualties were reported from the bombing,
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  • 156 4 SAN DIEGO. Mon. (UPI) As he lav dying after turning himself into a human torch in protest against the Vietnam war a week ago, George Winne asked hia mother to write a letter to President Nixon. Winne. 23, son of a retired Navy captain, had
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  • 139 4 MIAMI BEACH. Mon. (UPI) Debbie Shelton a Virginia dentist's •laughter who likes football, began her reign yesterday «s Mis» USA. The 21-year-old greeneyed brunette from Norfolk ?;ot the traditional breakast in bed vesterdav morning She later dazzled photographers in a jaby-blue shortie nightgown. Debbie is
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  • 30 4 FILTON. England. Mon. (UPI) A cat has flven birth to kittens in the fuel tank of the Anglo-French supersonic Concorde plane In its hangar, according to aircraft workers.
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  • 285 4 SANTO DOMINGO, Mon. (Reuter) —Soldiers and police set up checkpoints around thi« nation overnight. Reports of an imminent coup detat against the newly re-elected Government of President Balaguer spread through the Dominican capital. The rumours came barely 24 hours after Balaguer won a new
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  • 42 4 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) The Consumer Council disclosed on Wednesday that 62 pairs of tights were tested by eight women. However, only half were still wearable at the end of one day and only X 8 ol these fitted welL
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  • 57 4 A "DIE-IN" took place on Sunday at a normally busy Seattle intersection. The protest was staged against the shipment of nerve gas from Okinawa to Hermiston Oregon. The demonstrators above were dramatising what would happen if a mishap occurred during the transfer. They belonged to an organis ation called, "PANG"
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  • 272 4 MONTEVIDEO, Mon. (UPI) —Fourteen bombs yesterday exploded across Montevideo in nearly simultaneous attacks against the branches of eight U.S. com- panies. The bombings took place within one half-hour. They came one day after the visit or Washington'* too official on
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  • 109 4 DUBLIN. Mon (Reuter) —The Irish Republic's national airline, Aer Lmgus, has confirmed reports that it was latt week :.sked to carry a consignment of arms to here. The Airline'* press officer. Captain Jack Miliar disclosed that contrary to earlier denial* made bv Aer Lingua. they
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  • 85 4 PROVIDENCE. Rhode Island. Mon (UPI) A young people's group from St. Martins Church brought a present to the CocaCola bottling plant here on Saturday: 1.000 "no deposit. no return" bottles and cans picked up along area highways. The Rev. Charles Cloughen explained the project was organised In
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  • 86 4 NEW YORK. Men. (Hauler) A Puerto Rican accused of getting off bombs in 35 buildings was arrested seconds before lighting the fuses of two more explosive devices. Police claimed that Carlos Feliciano. 41, was a member of a militant organisation seeking an end to American rule in
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  • Article, Illustration
    570 4  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN LANDERS: Today was the saddest day of my life. I took my granddaughter to the police station. I asked the authorities to put her in a home for unruly girls. She 1s only 15 The girl's parents are divorced and I took her
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  • 71 4 BLOC MFONTIIN, South Africa, Mon. (Reuter) The head of a local security firm it facing court action here —for one cent (4 Singapore cents) he borrowed from a friend to neJp pay for a round of drinks. He has just recaived a summons for re-pay-ment of
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  • 355 4 ROME. Mon. (UPI) organised labour strikes against the government yesterday plunged Ital T into its serond week of discomfort and idleness. Walkouts in almost every sector of the national economy and life began disrupting travel, communications and education. Even the work of the
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  • 985 6 POREIGN Minister S. Rajaratnam has theorised that the centre of gravity of world events has shifted to the Paelflc and the confluence, confrontation and concourse of the various socioeconomic and military forces in this largest of all oceans will shape things to come. If his customary lucidity
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  • 879 6  -  By M.B. LAL (GEMINI) NEW DELHI, The growing strategic, political and economic significance of Mauritius is underlined by the decision of Indian Prima Minister Mrs. Gandhi to pay the island a visit of as much as five days. (June 2-7). All tHe big
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  • 549 6  -  by ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON No ont who has followed the events of the past two weeks can have anything but admiration for the political gagacity of Atty. Gen. John Mitchell. Mitchell's astuteness as a kingmaker goes back to Miami Beacn, Fla., where he engineered
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  • 475 6  -  •y BETZI WOODMAN (Reuter). SAVOONGA, Alaska, Eskimo villagers en St. Lawrence Island, far out In th« Baring Sea, ara preparing for their annual two-day festival marking th« and of tha walrushunting saason. The warm sun started cracking up the lee of the Bering Sea toward*
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  • 155 6  -  Lrllrrs... A. Y. Must wa really appreciate the finer arts to ba conaidered cultured and beautiful'? Snobbery is usually associated with the finer arts, so why encourage their developments among Singaporeans who are happy as they are Moreover how rich and much leisure do we
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  • 871 6  -  ■y RICHARD HALL (GEMINI) LONDON: A small girl stood on a desk at the front of tha class. In a piping voice she sang what might have bean tha Arabic equivalent of a nursery rhyme. As she finished, tne hot room was filled with applause.
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  • COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
    • 280 7 THE Sing#p«r« Trading loom wis vty Inactive yesterday. There was a turnover of only 715,000 units. traders attribute It to Hie birthday of the Prophet Mekamed. a 1 >ublic nohday in Kuala Lumpur, and Vesak Day which is celebrated in both coun- tries as a public
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    • 522 7 T>USINESS done in end reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of .1,000 units unless otherwise specified:* INDCSTRHLS Allied Choc $3 24 (1) $3 22 (1); Alcan $163 (1) $164 <l>; Ben
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    • 76 7 MR SAKOL Chayavirabood. deputy managing director of th® Jack Chia Group of Companies in Singapore and Malaysia, has left on a 4-week tour covering the Middle East countries and Europe. Apart from visiting distr butors in these countries who are already selling products manufactured by
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    • 73 7 Miss Zarlnah Jalil, a reservations assist ant to BOAC's office in Kuala Lumpur has just returned from a training course in London. Miss Jalil. 20. Joined BOACs Reservations Department in Kuala lumpur in June 1969 as a trainee reservations assistant. Of her course and her trip
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    • 77 7 V OS PER Thornycroft. which is the specialist warship building subsidiary of the David Brown Corporation in the U.K.. has just received orders for two more Type 21 frigates for the Royal Navy. The company Is at present building the first of this typ<> of
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    • 146 7 MR. J.I. SUTTON. UTA French Airlines' regional manager for the Far East has announced the appointment of Mr Bruno Delacroix as the marketing manager for the region. Mr. Delacroix, 26. Joined UTA about two years ago after graduating from the well-known French Business College, the
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    • 99 7 ROTHMANS Malaysia and Singapore will be liepresented at the two RotJhmans International group conferences to be held Jin London and Zurich later this month. Mr. Leong Po Lye and iKr Llm Soo Ouan. finance director and company secretary/director respectlv*ly recently left to attend <he Rothmans Group
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    • 79 7 CHE SITT Z AHA RAH binte Abu Hassan, who, has completed a one-anri-a-half year course in office management ann sinography at the MARA, Institute of Technology.] has joined the accounting! and administration staff of Dow Chemical in Kuala Lumpur. Che Sitl Zaharah. 21, Is from
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    • 676 7 BID and offer prices i officially listed yesterday at the close of business in th e trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS Allied Cboc id 3 22 l 20 ilean 1 «3 1.65 H» ii 4 co. 157 1 60
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    • 279 7 JUNE first grade rubber buyers doted at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yeeteeday at 571 cents per lb. up i cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was inactive. The market ruled very quiet after a very slow start due to
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    • 46 7 Mr Peter Bostock. former Public Relations Manager of Britain's mass-circulation newspaper. Daily Mail, has joined Grant Public Relations in Singapore as manager His appointment marks another step in the expansion of Grant Public Relations a division of the Grant Advertising International Inc
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    • 62 7 MR MILTON M. Teague, Bresident8 resident of Sunklit rowers of California, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Teague. and Mr. Don Anderson. general manager of Sunklst Growers of California. arrived here yesterday by China Airlines from Hong Kong. Whilst In Singapore, Mr. -Teague and Mr. Anderson examined
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    • 203 7 KOTA Kl NAB ALU, Sabah, Mon. (Routor). Sabah's first eoppir mine in Hamut, «ait of Imn, will b*fin full operations In 1972, Mr. M. Witinabi President of Japan's Ov«no«i Mineral Resources Development, which has the licence to exploit the deposits, said here yesterday.
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    • 209 7 A TRANS World Airlines Group Market Survey Team was now in Singapore recently to study the market potential for increasing the volume of TWA air cargo shipments through Singapore-Bang-kok-Hong Kong. Members of the cargo market survey team were: Mr. Douglas Mac Arthur, manager government marketing;
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    • 117 7 AN AUSTRALIAN steel works manager, Mr. Hugh McKerrow. has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to provide technical assistance to the Steel Works established recently by Hume Industries (Malaya) Sdn. Bhd. at Petaling Jaya. Mr. McKerrow has had 24 years experience in all aspects of production
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    • 185 7 ORCHARD ROAD ii one* again the scene of another major piling }ob being carried out by United Engineers (S) Pte. Ltd. Occupying an area of 25,000 square feet the oiling work, once completed, will provide the foundations for 600 additional rooms to be built
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    • 94 7 The local tyre factory. Brldgestone Singapore Company Pte. Ltd. will be sending six of their staff to Japan In Mid-May and June this year for a familiarisation and study tour at their parent company. Brldgestone Tire Co. Ltd. Their study tour Includes visiting some
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    • 69 7 MR. NIGEL CAREY, has recently been appointed BOAC sales officer for West Malaysia, based In Kuala Lumpur. As a member of BOAC's West Malaysian team, he will be covering the Kuala Lumpur area and the southern half of the peninsula Mr. Carey Joined BOAC as
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    • 120 7 HONG KONG (UPI) Friday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd): (Bayers) (Sellers) 195 196 per 100 Straits dollars 147.5 148.5 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.7375 6.7475 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1,000 Burmese ayate 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees 150
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    • 88 7 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today. May 19. DEPARTURES (God owns) (Vessels) 1/2 Ixlon 5 Tjempedaic 15/16 Edgar Andre 19 Six Lancelot 20 WEST Petallxvg 31'32 Sefra 44 Menelaus 42/43 Kuala Lumpur ARRIVALS (God owns) (Vessels) 33/34 Priam 21
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    • 365 7 Closing Prices SYDNEY, Mon. (UPI) Buyers re-entered th» market and the share slide slowed down when trading resumed on Sydney Stock exchange on Monday. Encouraging overseas news and support for nickel stock Poseidon were the main reasons for the change. Poseidon closed $6 higher at $65
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    • 89 7 THE noon nitres at the Singapore Chlne«e Pro«1n<» FJCchance Ttnrrdaj «rrf Coconut Oil (FOR) Bulk 58 50 Coconut Oil (FOB.) Drum 81-50 Mlietl < opra 3« 00 Muntok White Pepper IROAI 1MM Sarawak White Pepper (FOB) Sarawak fperl.il Btar* 100 00 Peoner < F O B. NLW 1X0 50
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    • 5 7 (•Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 416 7 AKHI\ ALS 14.1 am Mvl K Luinpur. 700 am M«>a r .*2 Marl rat R. Lumpur ISO am M-A 123 K Lumpur. 920 a m- MSA 4.V2 K Lumpur 1105 am- MSA 4.14 Penan:. K Lumput 1150 am- MsA 203 Jakarta. »p m- MSA 451 Kuchtnc p.m. MSA
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  • 478 8  -  By Ramesh C. Pande (UPI) PAWAGIRI, India The best seat aboard India's Holy Chariot goes to the highest bidder, and bids r n over $2,000 each. It s a short nde. just seven times around Pawagirl (the Holy Hillock), but Jains are prepared to bid
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  • 353 8  -  By y Dick V* 'yi West (UPI) WASHINGTON You remember George McSanguine? I introduced him to you during the Johnson administration. He was at that time a civilian employee of the Defence Department and he was working in Vietnam ai a tunnel end lighter. Every time there
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  • 730 8  -  nATFT TWF »>%•'•■ By Ele Walt Dulaney Dear Ele and Walt: Next month is my parents' 20th wedding anniversary. We three children have been saving almost a year to give them a second honeymoon with transportation, Hotel and everything all paid for. Last night
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  • 699 8  -  By DAVID BAIRD (GEMINI) HONGKONG: Chinese men treasure their womenfolk, but until recenNy they would have been amazed at suggestions for treating them as equals. Now the traditionalists are in retreat. The be 11 e r educated younger generation are demanding equal pay
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  • 331 8  -  By ISA ISMAIL JAKARTA The newest sport (and the newest gambling) in Indonesia is dog racing. The Hong Kong Southwest Investment Development Company spent the equivalent of U.S. S3 million building a canidrome in Senaian, six kilometres (3.6 miles! south of Jakarta If the public response is
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 110 8 AMY By Jack Tippif LV WYv ft Mi "Archie, I'm going through it one more time., I throw the stick ,Y OU go get it. okay? It's YOUR game!" DATELINE: DANGER! Hy John Saunders and Alden McWiiams MISTER RAVEN 15 A REPORTER... DEAR/ WE WAS FRIENDS.' OO yOU GET MV
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  • 713 9  -  By Florence de Santis N EW YORK Amid all the excitement about the ups and downs of the hemline, pants have suddenly assumed the air of a classic. Only a few seasons ago, the idea of pants as part of a general wardrobe
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  • 789 9 By Sheilah Graham NEW YORK: "The Fondas." by John Springer, will be published by Citadel Press on June 1. Unlike my own piece about them, "The Papa, the Mamas And The Kids" in my book "Confessions Of A Hollywood Columnist," *hi s
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  • 281 9 NEW YORK: The antimidi faction is right about one thing. Longer lengths do not look "young But how young is young? The mini length, after all, was merely the standard length of little girls under fourteen It could be said that the 19ft0's worshipped
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  • 224 9  -  A Lovelier You By Mary Sue Miller Some of us do n °t f are too icell when fashions part company in the middle. And so many summer clothes go their separated toays. Tops are cropped inches above the uwixtbands of skirts and pants, regardless of
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    • 232 9 resHSw ORGANISATION LIDO Phom- *****4 SOn >UUIII.<U' No Jrw Lift 11 am 1 *5. 4 Ml. 6 30, 915 p m Chiao Chiao "HEADS FOB SALE" iA SHAW PRODUCTION i Mandarin in Shawscope. Color NEXT CHANGE! Omar Sharif. Catherine Deneuve JamM Mm oil "MAYERLING" piniwon Terhnir"'"r 'PB> CAPITOL Phone *****1
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    • 279 9 ORGANISATION ODEON 2U16 NOW SHOWING! 11 a m.. 130 4 ixi. ft :<fl v 9 :-u> pin Co'.umoia* "THt fcXECITIONIB Oeorite Peppard Joan CoUlru p»mvif:r>n Terhntc«i>< i I CATHAYNOW SHOWIM.' No 1- rrr U*t! 11 am. 130 < in* «W» a b :«< pa, "CARRV ON CAMPING" Co:or Bidnev James
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 986 10 The British public has come to two firm conclusions about this summer. Edward Heath will not manage to bowl out Wilson and the South African cricketers will have great difficulty in completing their tour. Richard Hall of Gemini explains how the "apartheid cricket" controversy is rocking
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    • 257 10 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind Mon. (UPI) New York sports car racer Peter Revson, fifth as a rookie last year, yesterday was the fastest of 10 qualifiers, leaving only six positions to be filled for the 54th annual 500-mile memorial day auto race. Only one accident, and that
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    • 417 10 World Soccer Prepa rations MEXICO CITY, Mon. (UPI) Bra.il and Mexico won World Soccer Cup tuneups yesterday and Uruguay announced its final 22 with six survivors from the 1966 team. Italy arrived, and England prepared to leave. The Great P*le eot two goals
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    • 95 10 PARIS. Mon 'Reuter) Gerry Oldham's Epsom Derby entrant Stintino maintained his unbeaten record at Longchamp yesterday with a runaway two lengths victory in the Prix Lupin His victory in the race, worth 645.375 Francs (Ss3so 000) to the winner, was hi? fourth win in 1989 and
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    • 280 10 R.A.F. driver .pi. Percy Gill (above) had a weight problem when Se was posted to the Far East Air Force 21 years ago, to serve with the Transport Squadron at Changi, one of the three Royal Air Force Stations in Singapore. At 184 lbs. he frit
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    • 481 10 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Brian Ward carried carried his bat through the innings for 75 not out to help Essex beat Leicestershire by 65 runs in today's Sunday League cricket programme. Ward reached 50 off 73 deliveries in 77 minutes, and in all he hit six
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    • 246 10 LAS VEGAS. Mon. (UPI) Richard Pancho Gonzales confounded the Seeding Committee and the World's top-rated tennis player Saturday to win his second straight singles title in the 50,000 U.S. dollar (S$150,000) Howard Hughes Invitational Tournament on the Frontier Hotel hard courts. Gonzales. 42. Malibu. California, defeated
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    • 53 10 MO6COW. Mon (Reuter) Jan Talts of the Soviet Union yesterday improved the world heavyweight weightliftlng record by achieving a total lift of kilograms (1212-1 pounds) during an international competition at Tallinn. This Improved Oi. the previous record of 548.8 kilograms (1210 pound** set by American Bob Bednarskl in
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    • 465 10 FORT WORTH, Texas, Men. (UPI) Chunky Homer© Blaneas chipped in a 45-foot birdie on the 16th green yesterday os fellow Texan Lee Trevino stumbled to bogeys and Blaneas' 34-33-67 won him the Colonial National Invitation title with a seven-under-par 273. The 32-year-old University of Houston product,
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    • 166 10 TORONTO. Mon (AFP) A stormy Toronto Cup football match between Glasgow Celtic and A.S. Bari finished fiv«- minutes before full time here yesterday when the Italian team walked off The Italians left the pitch after having a penalty awarded against them with the score at 2-2. The
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    • 185 10 ST. LOUIS. Missouri. Mon. CUPI) Shirley Englehorn of Palm Desert, California, shot a four-under-par 68 to give her an even-par total of 216 and the top money la the 20.000 U.S. dollars <Ss6o.ooo> St. Louis Open Women's Golf Tournament yesterday. Miss Englehorn lagged behind the leaders
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    • 71 10 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. (UPI) —Springbok cricketers intend to go ahead with their tour of England, the South African Cricket Association's Board of Control announced today The board meeting •'unanimously reaffirmed ;ts decision to undertake a tour of the United Kingdom this year." the official statement said. "All preparations 'or
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    • 291 10 THE Management Committee of the Singapore Olympic Sports Council will soon meet behind "closed doors" to decide Singapore's fate whether to participate in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games at Edinburgh. The Chairman of SOSC. Enche Othman Wok. also Minister for Social Affairs, told the Eastern Sun
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    • 568 11 National League NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Hank Aaron joined eight members of the Hall of Fame in baseball's exclusive 3,000-hit club Sunday when he had two singles and the 570 th homer of his career, but his historic day was spoiled as the Cincinnati Reds
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    • 396 11 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Pitcher Jim Rooker collected two hits in fiv e trips to the plate and drove in five runs to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-4 victory Sunday over the Chicago White Sox and a doubleheader sweep after the Royals won
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    • 69 11 BERLIN. Mon. (UPI) Virginia Wade of England yesterday won the women's singles title at the West Berlin International Tennis Tournament on a 10-8. 6-1, victory over Heiga Hiessen of West Germany. Reaching tht men's Jingles final wert- George Gouvan of France on a 4-6. 6-1. 0-7. 6-1, victory
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    • 55 11 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Broadcasting staff who refuse to cover the tour of Britain by the all-white South African cricket team will have the full support of their union. The 11.000-strong association of hroadcasting staff (ABS). holding its annual council here, decided today to support members who "blacked" tha
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    • 38 11 QUITO. Mon .UPI) The Russian National Soccer Team vesterday Dlayed a scoreless match with the First Division Eleven of Liga Deportiva universitaria (University Sporting League) here before taking part at the World Championshio in Mexico next month.
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    • 222 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Badminton Association of Malaysia President Mohd Khir Johari said here today that he would announce tomorrow the Malaysian team for the Thomas Cup final rounds starting here on May 28. The Minister of Commerce and Industry who returned here after attending the
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    • 72 11 LE MANS. FRANCE Mon. (UPI) Italy's Giacomo Agostinl riding an MV. Agusta yesterday won an Impressive victory In the 500 c.c. French Giand Prix event, leading from beginning to end and beating his own jap record. Repeating his success last year. Agostinl clocked 1 hour 9 minutes 11.3
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    • 644 11 EN4NG Following ar« the weights for this weekend's races here: THIRD DAY CLASS 3 DIVISION 3 About 7 Furlongs Monnickendam 9.00 Ombudsman 9.00 Shangrila IV 9.00 Bima 8.13 Bukit Benders 8.12 Tudor Cloud 8.12 Black Tulip 8.12 Blah Blah 8.12 Base Metal 8.11 Armalite 8.10 Wodonga 8.10
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    • 494 11 The following Is the Stipendiary Steward's report on the first and second day's racing at Penang. Ist Day Race 1: Water Scout (Khamls) who was difficult to place In the stall, began slowly. Race 2: App Kwong (Delville) was severely reprimanded for moving In at the 2 furlongs
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    • 219 11 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI)— Following are the results and standings after Sunday's major league baseball games: AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W L Gb Baltimore 24 9 New York 19 16 6 Detroit 15 16 8 Boston 15 17 8$ Washington 13 20 11 Cleveland 11 18 11
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 852 11 (UN-TV CHANNEL 8 I. 9.00 Opening Anncts in all Languages Jack La Lanne Captain Sailorbird RTS Dancers. Jack Benny Special Treasure (Bandit of Madrid i. Keronchong Batek Redigo (Lady Wanonet) net». 12 20 Let's Get Trgether by the RTS Children! Piayhojse (Repeat). Dr. Kildare (Road to the Heart) (Dialogue In
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  • 874 12 An American presence should be retained in Asia for the longterm interests of small Asian countries like Singapore. America itself and of the world as well. This was advocated by Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, Mr. ft. Rajaratnam, in Hong Kong
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  • 89 12 Dr. Tan Ah Chua has been elected President of the Singapore Dental Association for the 1970-71 term. He replaced the outgoing President, Dr. Lim Kheng Ann. The other new office bearers are: the Hon. General Secretary. Dr. Goh Beng Teik the Hon. Treasurer. Dr. Henry Pang
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  • 280 12 LEADING businessmen and transport operators fear that business will be affected by the pilot traffic scheme introduced by the Ministry of Communications from June 1. The scheme is being intoduced by the ministry will prohibit loading and unloading during pe.'tV hours to ease traffie congestion.
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  • 227 12 The Singapore Medical Association has come out In full support of the introduction of a bill to limit smoking In public places and has strongly urge the government to legislate against cigarette advertisements In all forms. The Association also expressed concern over
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  • 54 12 Ngo Bock Kuan, 21. was charged in court yesterday for writing with »aint on the seat of a bus shelter at Stevens Road. He was alleged to have committed the act of vandalism on Ma v 18. Ngo w as remanded at the Criminal Investigation Department till May
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  • 167 12 THE Blood Bank ha* appealed for more blood donations especially from those with Grouo 'O* blood.. "Stocks of group *0 are still very low though the reserve blood stocks have risen over the past week a weekly bulletin of *he Blood Transfusion Service said THe officer-in-charge. Dr.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 148 12 \\j T" N i i as a pilot in the SAF Be among the pioneer in the Air Defence Command. The SAF offers young men who are physically fit and intelligent the challenge of this exciting and satisfying career You must be between 17% and 23 years of age with
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    • 76 12 TIME AND TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 330 a.m. (1.8 ft.); 9.50 am. <7.6 ft.); 3.33 p m. (3 ft.); 935 p.m. (8.4 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 316 am. <2 5 ft 10a.m. (9.3 ft.) 336 p.m. (38 ft.); 9.51 p.m. (9.6 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 4.02 am (1.2 ft.); 10 36
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